Singapore legislation
Section 44
Section 44
Security for good behaviour from suspected offenders, etc.
(1)
A court may require a person to show cause why the person should not be ordered to execute a bond for his or her good behaviour for a period not exceeding 2 years, if it appears to the court that —
the person is trying to conceal his or her presence and there is reason to believe that he or she is doing so with a view to committing an offence;
the person has no apparent means of supporting himself or herself or is unable to give a satisfactory account of himself or herself; or
the person orally or in writing disseminates or tries to disseminate or in any way helps to disseminate —
any seditious matter, that is to say, any matter whose publication is punishable under the Sedition Act 1948 or any material which forms the subject matter of a charge under section 267C, 298A or 505 of the Penal Code 1871; or
any matter concerning a Judge or a judicial officer amounting to criminal intimidation or defamation under the Penal Code 1871.
(2)
No proceeding may be taken under subsection (1)(c) except with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.